rotation
type: Concept
broader: factor analysis

Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test
type: Concept
broader: factor analysis

Bartlett's test
type: Concept
broader: factor analysis

foundations: measurement theory and statistics
type: Concept
narrower: factor analysis

Cattell's scree test
type: Concept
broader: factor analysis

factor scales
type: Concept
broader: factor analysis

second-order factors
type: Concept
broader: factor analysis

factor analysis
type: Concept
broader: foundations: measurement theory and statistics
broader: quantitative data analysis
broader: statistics and research methods
broader: law and society research
definition: Factor analysis is a statistical technique that seeks to reduce a large set of variables to a small number of key attributes. For example, we might find that most people who are opposed to abortion are also against women working outside the home and in favour of mild corporal punishment of errant children. [Source: The SAGE Dictionary of Sociology; Factor Analysis]
narrower: second-order factors
narrower: latent variables
narrower: Bartlett's test
narrower: communality
narrower: Cattell's scree test
narrower: factor scales
narrower: factor loadings
narrower: rotation
narrower: Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test

quantitative data analysis
type: Concept
narrower: factor analysis

statistics and research methods
type: Concept
narrower: factor analysis

law and society research
type: Concept
narrower: factor analysis

latent variables
type: Concept
broader: factor analysis

communality
type: Concept
broader: factor analysis

factor loadings
type: Concept
broader: factor analysis

methods
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: factor analysis